Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5e398028d661d602…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-09-10 19:00:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: b15905632037520571e312acb91bc530 SHA-1: bda2097af2d74469ea1daa32b876524a6361df57 SHA-256: 5e398028d661d6020a40b76064e184204a3bdc61f36ac22ac534e9c2541f8c1a
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=vidmate+2020+download PDF link annotation
    • https://hnhaa.com/userfiles/tnejp/files/51622359038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fanaf.org/article_ressources/file/mobosetetudep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floraplant.gr/FCKeditor/userimages/file/33495275492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lokmangal.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c4e8a62663e3785ddd6966482b79b60/vipekimafina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lg-palette.com/upload/files/67012193748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipllaser.in/uploads/11909326126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mokhalasati.com/userfiles/files/nigefotixerofefuwilobag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://careersourceokaloosawalton.com/files/public/24140592004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipublicity.cz/data/file/45055981171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tentauto23.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/faribefiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stellar.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23798914504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cakenflowersonline.com/userfiles/file/gutolagidofalem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gn531nipo9n4rb4ubhkvdrbpj2/52358606270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tryinvest.eu/userfiles/files/97697851707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasset.bg/userfiles/file/vavapozoxitadosabab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cartopack.com/Images/file/90321651113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132d11fc9a41---77196747339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://safewatersolutions.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vorukogeragonitaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://munis-roquesalbes.cat/demo/vilalba/imatges/file/kogapazoxomurumufuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kulturazebrak.cz/userfiles/12076090580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://independentmusicleague.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08e1149f80e07c3f22d8af8cf0f86e9c/16200265218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sicilyontable.it/userfiles/files/taxanagenadiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thokhoavietnam.com/upload/files/zixaxegodidilusekamegeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zs.tom.ru/jsplugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24763121425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000eab6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAB6 10436 bytes
SHA-256: d70ee28c503301ee8d61f593b287065d127d18a0f20c3d8313281123e240682e
font_01_sfnt_off0001026b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1026B 17216 bytes
SHA-256: f985040071161a0a5f0dd2c69be6bf01291cc4903d26f7b4e46d3739be9507a9
font_02_sfnt_off00012ef4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12EF4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1